Rochdale Town Hall is a Victorian-era municipal building in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is "widely recognised as being one of the finest municipal buildings in the country", and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The Town Hall functions as the ceremonial headquarters of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council and houses local government departments, including the borough's civil registration office. Built in the Gothic Revival style at a cost of £160,000 , it was inaugurated for the governance of the Municipal Borough of Rochdale on 27 September 1871. The architect, William Henry Crossland, was the winner of a competition held in 1864 to design a new Town Hall. It had a 240-foot clock tower topped by a wooden spire with a gilded statue of Saint George and the Dragon, both of which were destroyed by fire on 10 April 1883, leaving the building without a spire for four years. A new 190-foot stone clock tower and spire in the style of Manchester Town Hall was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, and erected in 1887. Art critic Nikolaus Pevsner described the building as possessing a "rare picturesque beauty". Its stained glass windows are credited as "the finest modern examples of their kind". The building came to the attention of Adolf Hitler, who was said to have admired it so much that he wished to ship the building, brick-by-brick, to Nazi Germany had the United Kingdom been defeated in the Second World War.
Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center
The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library is a library in Atlanta which serves the four members of the Atlanta University Center, the world's oldest consortium of historically black colleges and universities and the Interdenominational Theological Center. The library, constructed in 1982, is named for Robert Winship Woodruff, former CEO of the Coca Cola Company. In 2010, the library completed a $16.2 million renovation, partly funded by donations from the Coca Cola Company.The library is a member of ARCHE, Lyrasis, OCLC, the HBCU Library Alliance, and is a participant of the Georgia state library network, GALILEO. In 2016, the library won the Excellence in Academic Libraries Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries – it was the first HBCU to win the award.
The Fleming Museum of Art is a museum of art and anthropology located at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont. The museum's collection includes some 25,000 objects from a wide variety of eras and places. Until 2014, the museum was known as the Robert Hull Fleming Museum.According to the Vermont Encyclopedia, the museum is a cultural center for the community and "attracts a diverse audience from UVM, area colleges, and the general public." The current director of the museum is Janie Cohen.
Burns Cottage, the first home of Robert Burns is located in Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was built by his father, William Burness in 1757. Burns, Scotland's national poet, was born there on 25 January 1759. It is a simple two-roomed clay and thatch cottage and has been fully restored to become part of Robert Burns Birthplace Museum. The museum has a bust of Burns by Patric Park.
Roberson Museum and Science Center
The Roberson Museum and Science Center is located in Binghamton, New York. The museum's exhibits focus on art, local history, science and natural history. The centerpiece of the museum is the 1904 Roberson Mansion, which was designed by local architect C. Edward Vosbury. More contemporary additions to the mansion were added in the 1960s and 1980s, which expanded the exhibit space, included a planetarium, added offices, and upgraded the vaults and collections preparation space.The museum features changing exhibits and a large model train layout that depicts regional landscapes in the 1950s. The museum hosts annual special events, including decorating the Roberson Mansion for the Christmas holidays, a food and wine festival, Halloween activities, science fiction conventions, a model train and doll fair, and more.
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
The Royal Academy of Art is a renowned art and design academy in The Hague. Succeeding the Haagsche Teeken-Academie , the academy was founded on 29 September 1682, making it the oldest in the Netherlands and one of the oldest in the world. The academy has been the training ground for a number of significant artists of the Hague School. It was part of the art movement of Dutch Impressionism and in the immediate vicinity of the II. Golden Age of Dutch painting. In the 19th century, however, training was still strongly oriented towards the classic curriculum. At the end of the 19th century, the academy had opened to Modernism, too.
Richmond upon Thames es un municipio en el suroeste de Londres , pronunciación ), Inglaterra. Forma parte del Londres exterior y es el único municipio londinense con territorio a ambos lados del río Támesis. Tres distritos de la zona se encuentran dentro del distrito postal de Londres. La autoridad administrativa local es el Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council. En el municipio se encuentra el Laboratorio nacional de Física y las atracciones del Palacio de Hampton Court, el estadio de Twickenham y el Centro de Humedales de Londres WWT que atrae el turismo nacional e internacional.
Richmond High School (Richmond, Indiana)
Richmond is a city in east central Indiana, United States, bordering on Ohio. It is the county seat of Wayne County, and in the 2010 census had a population of 36,812. Situated largely within Wayne Township, its area includes a non-contiguous portion in nearby Boston Township, where Richmond Municipal Airport is. Richmond is sometimes called the "cradle of recorded jazz" because the earliest jazz recordings, and records were made at the studio of Gennett Records, a division of the Starr Piano Company. Gennett Records was the first to record such artists as Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Jelly Roll Morton, Hoagy Carmichael, Lawrence Welk, and Gene Autry.The city has twice received the All-America City Award, most recently in 2009.
The Rhode Island State House is the capitol of the state of Rhode Island, located on the border of the Downtown and Smith Hill sections of Providence. It is a neoclassical building which houses the Rhode Island General Assembly and the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and general treasurer of Rhode Island. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Rhode Island Historical Society
The Rhode Island Historical Society is a privately endowed membership organization, founded in 1822, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing the history of Rhode Island. Its offices are located in Providence, Rhode Island.
Reynolda House Museum of American Art
The Reynolda House Museum of American Art displays a premiere collection of American art ranging from the colonial period to the present. Built in 1917 by Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband R. J. Reynolds, founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the house originally occupied the center of a 1,067-acre estate. It opened to the public as an institution dedicated to the arts and education in 1965, and as an art museum in 1967. The house holds one of the country's finest collections of American paintings. It is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
San Pellegrino es una marca de agua mineral natural originaria de Italia, propiedad de Sanpellegrino S.p.A., empresa que forma parte del grupo Nestlé Waters desde 1999.[1] El agua S. Pellegrino es obtenida de un manantial termal ubicado en San Pellegrino Terme, en los Alpes italianos, próximo a la ciudad de Bérgamo. Esta fuente termal era apreciada ya en el medievo; se cuenta que Leonardo Da Vinci en 1509 viajó a San Pellegrino para probar su milagrosa agua.[1]
The Koper Regional Museum has been housed since 1954 in the spacious early 17th century Belgramoni Tacco Palace, and is responsible for the movable cultural heritage in Primorska region of Slovenia. The museum originated in 1911 as the Municipal Museum of History and Art . At its centenary in 2011, the museum opened a new permanent exhibition Between the Serenissima, Napoleon and the Habsburgs and enriched its collection.
Iglesia de Santa María (Lübeck)
La iglesia de Santa María de Lübeck, es un templo de la iglesia luterana, de estilo gótico, ubicado en la ciudad de Lübeck, al norte de Alemania, próxima al mar Báltico y que jugó un papel fundamental en la formación y expansión de la Liga hanseática, durante la Edad Media. La iglesia de Santa María es el edificio más alto del casco antiguo de Lübeck así como la tercera iglesia más grande de Alemania.
Real Colegio Seminario del Corpus Christi
El Real Colegio Seminario del Corpus Christi o del Patriarca está situado en la calle de la Nau de la ciudad de Valencia frente a la antigua Universidad Literaria.
Real Biblioteca del Palacio Real de Madrid
La Real Biblioteca[1] está ubicada en el Palacio Real de Madrid. Tanto esta biblioteca, en su día particular de los reyes de España y su familia y hoy gestionada por Patrimonio Nacional,[1] como la actual Biblioteca Nacional, se deben al impulso creador del primer rey Borbón español, Felipe V. La Real Biblioteca, antigua Librería de Cámara en el siglo XVIII, contó en su día con patrimonio no librario debido al concepto dieciochesco de gabinete de saberes, patrimonio que en parte conserva a través de su monetario y medallero. Felipe V creó así dos instituciones bien diferenciadas desde el principio: la Real Biblioteca o Librería Particular para uso de los monarcas y su familia, y la Real Biblioteca Pública, pensada especialmente para uso abierto. Esta segunda biblioteca, de fundación real, pasó a depender del Estado en 1836, bajo la tutela del Ministerio de la Gobernación, tomando el nombre de Biblioteca Nacional.[2] En sus salas se custodian hoy unos 300 000 impresos, sobresaliendo entre sus fondos 263 incunables y 119 000 impresos de los siglos XVI al XIX inclusive. Además, hay 4755 manuscritos, 4169 obras musicales, 1027 piezas de fotografía histórica , 4330 publicaciones periódicas, unas 7000 piezas de cartografía y unas 10 000 del fondo de Grabado y Dibujo, que está actualmente en proyecto de catalogación. De la cartografía manuscrita se realizó catálogo en papel en 2010 tras la conclusión del proyecto de catalogación y de la colección de manuscritos hay catálogo general en cuatro volúmenes más dos de índices y otro específico de la Correspondencia del conde de Gondomar, en cuatro volúmenes . De la colección gondomariense se ha hecho asimismo de las alegaciones en Derecho , y de papeles varios y de Historia . También se han publicado catálogos en papel de los manuscritos musicales y, en la segunda mitad de los noventa del siglo XX, de los fondos de los conventos de patronato regio . Más allá de ser un depósito librario de grandes piezas, hoy la Real Biblioteca es un centro de investigación en historia del libro, abordándose en sus seminarios científicos no solamente realidades de sus colecciones sino aspectos de imprenta, encuadernación y otros.
The Rahr–West Art Museum is an art museum on U.S. Route 10 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. It is located in the Joseph Vilas Jr. House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house is a significant example of Queen Anne style architecture in the United States.
Raby Castle is a medieval castle located near Staindrop in County Durham, England, among 200 acres of deer park. It was built by John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, between approximately 1367 and 1390. Cecily Neville, the mother of the Kings Edward IV and Richard III, was born here. After Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland, led the failed Rising of the North in favour of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1569 Raby Castle was taken into royal custody. Sir Henry Vane the Elder purchased Raby Castle in 1626 and neighbouring Barnard Castle from the Crown, and the Earls of Darlington and Dukes of Cleveland added a Gothic-style entrance hall and octagonal drawing room. From 1833 to 1891 they were the Dukes of Cleveland and they retain the title of Lord Barnard. Extensive alterations were carried out in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is famed for both its size and its art, including works by old masters and portraits. After 1733 it was frequented from his young age of eleven by the poet Christopher Smart, who eloped briefly at the age of thirteen with Anne Vane, daughter of Henry Vane, who succeeded to the Barnard title. It is a Grade I listed building and open to the public on a seasonal basis. The castle is still a private home and remains the seat of the Vane family, the Barons Barnard. Due to the 11th Baron's dedication to the extensive renovation and restoration works, much of the castle's rare interior architectural features have been preserved.
